Infrastructure & Network Engineer

Infrastructure & Network Engineer

Contract: Initial 6-month contract

Location: Hybrid - 3 days per week in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany

Rate: Up to €650 per day

Our client is looking for an Infrastructure & Network Engineer to implement, operate and support secure, scalable cloud, infrastructure and network services across Azure and hybrid environments. You will help keep critical services fast, resilient and cost-efficient, delivering engineering work to high standards of reliability and security. This role is ideal for a hands-on third-line engineer who enjoys cloud, automation and networking, and is committed to raising the security bar. What you’ll do

• Deploy and support Azure and on-premise infrastructure, including hybrid and multi-cloud integrations.
• Lead cloud migration activities in line with approved designs and change controls.
• Build infrastructure as code using Terraform and develop CI/CD pipelines for automated, reliable deployments.
• Deliver secure, scalable network infrastructure across cloud and on-premise environments.
• Administer and support Microsoft 365 services.
• Monitor, troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, network and service issues in line with agreed SLAs.
• Own patching, hardening, secure configuration and vulnerability remediation.
• Investigate security alerts and support incident response, recovery and root cause analysis.
• Mentor colleagues and drive continuous improvement.

What you’ll bring Essential

• Proven experience as an Infrastructure or Network Engineer in enterprise environments.
• Strong Azure skills, including compute, networking, VNets, NSGs, Load Balancer, ExpressRoute and gateways, as well as hybrid and on-premise environments.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, CI/CD, Terraform infrastructure as code and scripting using PowerShell, Bash or Python.
• Solid networking fundamentals, including LAN, WAN, VPN, DNS and DHCP.
• Experience with Active Directory, Microsoft 365, Intune, Azure AD and ITIL-aligned service management.
• Experience with incident response, SLAs, patching, hardening and vulnerability management.
• Experience with VMware or Hyper-V.
• Awareness of ISO 27001, GDPR, NIS2 and CIS.
• Excellent English communication skills and a collaborative, mentoring style.

Nice to have

• Experience with Fortinet, including FortiGate SD-WAN, firewalls and FortiManager.
• Knowledge of the Azure Well-Architected Framework and experience with on-premise to Azure migrations.
• Experience supporting ISO 27001-certified environments.

Preferred certifications

• Azure Administrator certification.
• Microsoft administrator-level certifications.
• ITIL Foundation or higher.
• Fortinet NSE certification.